Arrest costs Delon Armitage his Saxons place

His tackle on Paterson earned him a World Cup banPHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images

If ever a sportsman seemed ready to press the self-destruct button on his international career, it has to be Delon Armitage.

Two years ago he had the world at his feet. Now, in an England context, it appears he is on the verge of losing everything after his suspension from the Saxons squad was prompted by his arrest in a Devon nightclub on Sunday.

Armitage had played for the Saxons against the Irish Wolfhounds in Exeter on Saturday, after which the squad was released for the weekend. He was the only England player at the nightclub when the alleged fracas occurred.

In a statement, the police said: “In the early hours of Sunday, January 29 a 28-year-old man from the Middlesex area was arrested in…